Delete the printer from your system. Reboot. Reattach your printer and let it plug and play install. Make sure the printer is defined as your default printer. Make sure the application you are using it set up to use the MP970.

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It looks that you can receive data (eg.scanned) from your MFC but cannot send information to it {eg. reference to 2-ways communications not working): I suspect that it is a 'Firewall' problem or 'Antivirus' issue: review possible logs and try turning both Firewall and Antivirus to check if they are the problems.

If you send a format and the label advances but does not print, then it is possible that the darkness setting is not high enough for the label/ribbon combination. Depending on what software / printer driver you are using, many times the darkness setting in the software or driver will override what is in the printer. This makes it possible to have the test print work just fine but no printing when a label format is sent the printer.

If you are sending a format and nothing at all happens at the printer, then that is a communication issue. How are you connecting the PC to the printer ?

you need to have the scan option. the nic option . print option. you need the the machine being able to print. after that create a folder that is shared on the pc. get the name of the pc. on the machine browse the network, find the pc and search for the folder. this is the shortend version. now you can scan to the pc

it seems that the computer was trying to send the data to the printer through the wrong port. i went to the control panel in windows xp, and selected printers and scanners. and added a new printer (manually) as al-1540 cs on usb port 2. it alerted me that the software was not signed, i proceeded anyways. it asked if i wanted to keep the original printer , i said yes. and the test page printed away. so i would suggest people with similar problem to keep adding multiple copies of the printer again and again on usb ports 1,2,3... etc till it prints the test page. use the copy no. indicated in the printed test page to do all your print jobs in the future.